Jamila Mohamed
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JAMILA’S MEMO: Where are the leaders of Dukana?
We met 70-year-old Bobo Sora, sitting quietly inside his manyatta, blind, frail, starving, and abandoned by systems meant to protect him.This is a man who once walked proudly across the vast plains with more than 200 goats. Today, he cannot even see the five goats he has left and he says life has lo...
JAMILA’S MEMO: Singapore - How not to get there
Singapore did not become Singapore by holding conferences about Singapore. It started by fixing the small things roads that don’t drown in mud, promises that don’t dissolve in rain.
JAMILA'S MEMO: The value of a Kenyan citizen
So yes, let us pursue regional cooperation. Let us maintain neighbourly relations. Let us protect trade and travel.
JAMILA’S MEMO: When the uniform forgets its authority
This week, the National Police Service entered a quiet note into the nation’s Occurrence Book.Not about crime, but about esteem, about dignity, about who they believe deserves respect and who they believe deserves force. Because this week we saw the law. But we also saw its bias.
JAMILA'S MEMO: Uganda - Between Murkomen, Njagi and Oyoo
Well, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen recently crossed the border and campaigned for President Yoweri Museveni in Sebei, Eastern Uganda. I am just wondering — and of course, this is wild imagination — what if President Museveni lost the election? ...
JAMILA'S MEMO: Conferences abroad, silence at home
If you want a seat in New York, first earn your seat here in Nairobi, build the infrastructure, run efficient systems, and give citizens the dignity of working in public services. We don’t need another international deal to have a proper airport or working roads. We just need leaders inspired enough...
JAMILA'S MEMO: When ghosts go to school and fall sick
Kenya must be the only country where ghosts don’t just haunt houses — they go to school, get treated in hospitals, and even draw salaries. On Wednesday this week, the Ministry of Education revealed that just half of the schools audited had 50,000 ghost students....
JAMILA'S MEMO: Boda boda - Ride or risk?
Time and again, we have seen motorists surrounded, intimidated, and traumatised after accidents with boda bodas. We all remember the case of the young lady who was left shaken and traumatised after being hemmed in by a mob of riders. That is not solidarity; it is hara...
JAMILA'S MEMO: Leadership, integrity, and the great betrayal
So as MPs and senators clash with the executive, here’s the truth: Kenyans aren’t cheering either side. Because for us, it doesn’t matter who wins the shouting match. The economy still hurts, taxes still bite, and jobs are still scarce. Integrity should not be negotiable. It should be the bare minim...
JAMILA’S MEMO: End bad manners now!
If there was a traffic equivalent of CAF, Kenya would have been fined millions already. Our roads are chaotic. Our stadiums have now inherited that chaos. If we keep this up, AFCON which will be bigger, louder, and more intense could turn into a national embarrassment....